Google Play Newsstand is, of course, the app that was once called Currents, Google’s own version of Flipboard, and not some sort of competitor to Apple’s Newsstand. I’m sure that confuses some users because it is mentioned in the app description that one can read magazines using the app, but not interactive magazines.

Do people actually use this app? That’s hard to say as there are a number of reviews inside iTunes, but they are very, very mixed. Usually apps get either a 1-star review or a 5-star review – not this one, it is all over the place.

But there are a lot of big media brands to be found inside the app, just as I assume there will be a lot of big media brands signing up to Apple News. Both Current, I mean Google Play Newsstand, and the new Apple News look well designed, but… still, will readers think this is better than just surfing the web?